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CHAPTER IX.
THE CHARGE CONFIDED TO A RAGING SEA.
The skipper, at the helm, burst out laughing,--
"A bell! that's good. We are on the larboard tack. What does the bell
prove? Why, that we have land to starboard."
The firm and measured voice of the doctor replied,--
"
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"
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You have not land to starboard."
But we have," shouted the skipper.
No!"
But that bell tolls from the land."
That bell," said the doctor, "tolls from the sea."
A shudder passed over these daring men. The haggard faces of the two
women appeared above the companion like two hobgoblins conjured up. The
doctor took a step forward, separating his tall form from the mast. From
the depth of the night's darkness came the toll of the bell.
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